Bail for cultivators.



L. L.A WATERMAN.

.- BAIL FOR GULTIVAIORS.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.19, 1907.

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LEWIS E. WATERMAN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR EMERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BAIL FOR CULTIVATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July es, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Bc it known that I, Lewis E. WATERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bails for Cultivators, of which the following is a specifica tion.

The object of this invention is to construct a bail for cultivators in which the sections conifiosing the bail are readily adjustable in connection with each other in order that the beams'l of the cultivator may be held the properdistance apart.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of the bail as seen from one face. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bail as seen from the other face.

The bail is composed of the two branches and2 pivoted together at the point 3. The branch 1. has an upturned extension 4 which is providedv with a series of teeth 5 and two end projections 6. The branch 2 has an upL turned extension 7 terminating in a handle 8. From Vthe extension 7 projects a lip 9 which overhangs the teeth 5 of the branch 1 To the handle 8 is pivoted a thumb-latch l() having its lower end formed with teeth 11 fitted to engage the teeth 5 of the branch 1 and is located between the branches of the lip 9 which holds it from lateral movement. A spring 12 is located between the thumb-latch 10 and the handle S and serves to hold the teeth of the thumblatch in engagement with the teeth of the branch 1. y

The lower ends of the branches l and 2 are formed with hooks 13. The hooks I3 are placed in engagement with the beams of a cultivator. By pressing the thumb-latch l0 the teeth Il carried thereby will be moved free of the teeth 5 of the branch 1, when the branches can be moved on the pivot connect- -ing them, and when adjusted, the thumb' latch l0' is released which will permit the teeth thereof to engage the teeth of the branch 1 thereby connecting the branches.

The projections 6 prevent the separation of the branches of the bail by the lip 9 coming in contact with the projections. As the thumb latch has its lower end located within or between the branches of the forked lip 9, the lower end of the latch is held against lateral movement, thereby removing the strain from the pivotal connection thereof.

I claim as my invention. j

A bail for cultivators comprising two branches' pivotally connected, each branch having an upturned extension, one extension provided-with teeth, the other extenson continuing beyond the teeth and having a forked lip overlapping the teeth, a thumb latch pivotally connected with the last mentioned eX- tension and located wholly beyond the teeth, and located within the forked lip and having its lower end provided with teeth, and a spring for holding the teeth of the thumb latch in engagement 'with the teeth. of the ex'- tension.

LEWIS E. WATERMAN. Witnesses:

A. O. BEHEL,

E. BEHEL. 

